Punk rock and permaculture

by Shaun Chamberlin | Jan 18, 2010 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Philosophy, Politics, Reviews and recommendations

I just stumbled across this documentary (English with Dutch subtitles) following the story of the 70s/80s punk band Crass. They are still living wholeheartedly by their Do It Yourself ethos and “There is no authority but yourself” philosophy. A recommended...

Heroes and villains in Copenhagen, and beyond

by Shaun Chamberlin | Jan 5, 2010 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Politics

“Tell everybody waitin’ for SupermanThat they should try to hold on, best they can   He hasn’t dropped them,Forgot them,Or anything, It’s just too heavy for Superman to lift”   ~ The Flaming Lips   We’ve all seen...

Holyrood 350 interview

by Shaun Chamberlin | Dec 22, 2009 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Politics, Transition Movement

https://www.darkoptimism.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/09-09-10-Scottish-Parliament-Holyrood350.mp3 Above is a recording of a quick interview I gave immediately after speaking at the Scottish Parliament earlier this year, as part of the Holyrood 350...

The Story of Cap and Trade

by Shaun Chamberlin | Dec 1, 2009 | All Posts, Climate Change, Politics, TEQs (Tradable Energy Quotas)

      The Story of Cap & Trade is the second offering from the project that brought us The Story of Stuff. In this ten minute video, host Annie Leonard presents an excellent, clearly explained look at some of the devil in the detail of Cap &...

Rituals for Lover Earth

by Shaun Chamberlin | Oct 16, 2009 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Philosophy, Politics

  This is Dark Optimism’s first ever guest post. The below article was originally published a week ago by Charles Eisenstein, on the Reality Sandwich web magazine. It blew me away, exploring the themes of cultural stories and definitions of self that will...

All Party Parliamentary TEQs report – rationing, not carbon trading

by Shaun Chamberlin | Aug 14, 2009 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Peak Oil, Politics, TEQs (Tradable Energy Quotas)

As the evidence for the utter inapplicability of free market carbon trading to our climate emergency continues to pile up, interest continues to grow in the less PR-friendly alternative — the rationing of carbon-rated energy. Yesterday, the UK Government’s All...